Archive: SFFD to Offer Neighborhood Emergency Response Training at UCSF
Faculty, staff, students and trainees can sign up to be trained as citizen first responders in the Neighborhood Emergency Response Training session at UCSF Mission Bay in July.
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Archive: Gestational diabetes linked to serotonin and dietary protein
The cause of diabetes during pregnancy is directly controlled by serotonin, a chemical produced by the body and normally known as a neurotransmitter, and is influenced by the amount of protein in the mother’s diet early in pregnancy, according to new findings of an international team led by researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor to Present Top Fundraising AIDS Walk Team with Trophy
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann will present a new trophy to the team that raises the most money per person in AIDS Walk San Francisco, which takes place on July 18.
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Archive: Re-Released Book Cites Historical Cases Leading to Today's Toxic Environment
The oil spill crisis in the Gulf Coast underscores the importance of implementing effective regulation through a proactive strategy to protect public health, according to UCSF’s Paul Blanc, the author of a re-released book.
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Archive: NYT reports on new study linking mining with African TB epidemic
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Archive: Marc Benioff Announces $100 Million Gift to Build New Children's Hospital at Mission Bay
Marc Benioff explained his excitement about building a new children’s hospital at Mission Bay and encouraged others to get involved in the project on June 22, when he officially announced his gift of $100 million to UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF Offers Summer Session of Mini Medical School for Public
The public is welcome to attend UCSF Mini Medical School’s summer program, which addresses several hot topics in stem cell research that foreshadow the future of modern medicine as well as advances in primary care.
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Archive: Website Seeks Ideas for New UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Members of the community can offer ideas ranging from how to improve patient care to how to incorporate green practices through a new website by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
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Archive: Camp Entrepreneur Offers Aspiring Researchers Business Advice
A four-week course to assist aspiring entrepreneurs with the business side of research discovery ends tonight with a lecture from UCSF alum and vice president of Genentech Partnering James Sabry.
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Archive: UCSF study links cigarettes to Alzheimer's, in Huffington Post
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Archive: UCSF Children's Hospital receives $100 million gift to build new hospital
UCSF Children's Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both the largest gift the donors have ever made and the largest gift ever granted specifically to the UCSF Children's Hospital.
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Archive: UCSF Recognizes High-Quality Care with Helen Diller Family Award
UCSF's GYN Surgical Oncology practice recently received an award for outstanding achievements in the advancement of the care of cancer patients.
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Archive: Two from UCSF School of Nursing Receive Fulbright Awards
Julene Johnson is headed for Finland and Kari Radoff is going to Nicaragua as part of the J. William Fulbright Program.
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Archive: Yamanaka of Gladstone & UCSF wins Kyoto Prize
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center Earns Perfect Healthcare Equality Index Score for Fourth Consecutive Year
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Archive: UCSF Receives $100 Million Gift from Benioffs for Children's Hospital
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, announced today that Marc and Lynne Benioff have “made an extraordinary $100 million gift to UCSF Children’s Hospital.”
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Archive: Veterans Health Research Institute Presents Brain at War Conference Today
The Veterans Health Research Institute or NCIRE will present “The Brain at War: Neurocognitive Consequences of Combat” today (June 17).
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Archive: KGO features UCSF science and health education program
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Archive: UCSF economic impact covered broadly in local media
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Archive: McKerrow's Parasitic Disease Research Garners Mendel Medal
James McKerrow, leader of the Sandler Center for Drug Discovery at UCSF, was honored with the 2009 Mendel Medal for his work identifying the vulnerabilities of disease-causing parasites and for devising new strategies to fight them.
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Archive: Preventing overtreatment: AP features UCSF cancer experts
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Archive: If mother has tooth decay, odds increase that child does too
A UCSF study examining the oral health of rural Hispanic families found that untreated tooth decay in mothers almost doubled the odds of tooth decay in children.
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Archive: UCSF student discusses role of nurse practitioners, KQED
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Archive: Hebrok Appointed Director of UCSF Diabetes Center
Matthias Hebrok – one of the world's foremost experts on pancreatic development – has been appointed director of the UCSF Diabetes Center and Metabolic Research Unit.
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Archive: Science Symposium Honoring Chancellor Emeritus Draws Capacity Crowd
Chancellor Emeritus Mike Bishop was honored recently with a symposium that aimed at shedding light on important unsolved problems in biology and biomedicine.
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Archive: UCSF Opens Connie Frank Transplant Center
Thanks to the generosity of Connie Frank, patients will feel that sense of comfort when the Connie Frank Transplant Center at UCSF opens its doors on today (June 14) at the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: UCSF Serves as $6.2B Economic Engine for Bay Area
UCSF represents one of the principal economic engines in the San Francisco Bay Area, driving $6.2 billion in industry output and creating more than 39,100 jobs regionwide, according to an economic impact report released this morning.
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Archive: Vitamin D: Not just for bones, says San Francisco VA physician
It is well-known that vitamin D is essential for strong and healthy bones. However, in an article in the online “In Press” section of “Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism,” a San Francisco VA Medical Center physician reviews recent scientific literature suggesting that the vitamin may also play a role in preventing cancer, fighting infection, and controlling or preventing auto-immune disease.
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Archive: AP and USA Today feature UCSF nursing graduate
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Archive: University Releases Economic Impact Report That Reveals its Power in San Francisco Bay Area
UCSF’s Mission Bay campus has served as a catalyst for the booming biotechnology sector in San Francisco, according to a new economic impact report released on June 11. <a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/eir">See complete story on the Economic Impact Report site</a>.